Day: August 9, 2005

Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed on Tuesday on details of a plan to destroy the homes in Gaza Strip settlements slated for evacuation under the Israeli pullout plan. Under…

Two settlers were lightly wounded Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting south of the West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli police believe the attack was criminally motivated.   An Israeli military…

A local source in Azzoun, east of Qalqilia, reported on Tuesday at night, that Israeli soldiers invaded the village and arrested Tahseen Ishaq Zeidan, 24 years old. The source stated…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at night, the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two brothers. A local source in Bethlehem reported that soldiers, supported by armored vehicles, troop…

Israeli and international leftist peace activists accused the Israeli army of using demonstrations against the Separation Wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in as a “test field” for its…

Israeli soldiers, and special army units, attacked the home of detainee Yacoub abu Romiyya, in al-Ezariyya town, south of Jerusalem. A local source in al-Ezariyya reported that soldiers searched the…

The Israeli on Tuesday sealed off the northern West Bank settlements of Kadim and Ghanim after announcing them closed military zones, more than two weeks before they are scheduled for evacuation…

Several Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip reported seeing settlers from Moragh settlement placing dozens of landmines around Moragh settlement, in the southern part of the Strip, in an attempt…

This is a rare eyewitness account of one of the hundreds of illegal ‘targeted murders’ by Israel of young Palestinian men, members of the legal Resistance. As such, its importance…

The residents of Tulkarem in the West Bank burried, on Tuesday,Tamer Zindeq (15) in the afternoon. Tamer Zindeq was killed Monday during an invasion by the Israeli Army of Tulkarem and…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suggested that new elections for president and vice president be held in four years.  Abbas’ suggestion came during his speech before a special session for the Palestinian Legislative…

An Israeli investigating committee on Tuesday declared 45,000 applications to join the Labor Party invalid on the grounds of fraud. In a press conference at Labor’s headquarters in Tel Aviv, the…

The Israeli cabinet, meeting Tuesday, is set to okay the disputed 2006 state budget, Israeli media sources reported. The ratification of the budget comes two days after the Benjamin Netanyahu…

Israeli soldiers invaded Tulkarem refugee camp and the eastern neighborhood of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches of homes; army claims searching for wanted resistance fighters. A local source in Tulkarem…

The Israeli police barred recently several Arab residents of Jerusalem from entering al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The WAFA news agency reported that the Israeli police handed the residents official orders…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday a Palestinian resident in Ithna village, near the West Bank city of Hebron after invading it, and occupied one home using it as monitoring towers…

A group of Israeli right-wing demonstrators tried on Tuesday morning to invade the al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem under the protection of the Israeli police. The protestors and the police…

The new Israeli law that prohibits Palestinians who were injured or had their property damaged by Israeli army troops from suing the government encourages Israeli soldiers to commit more crimes against…

Israel’s security cabinet on Monday decided to allow 40 collaborator families now living in the Gaza Strip to move into Israel. The collaborator families currently live in the al-Daheena area, in the southern…

The ministerial security council of the Israeli cabinet on Monday  approved the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Philadelphi Route, which runs along the Gaza-Egypt border, by the end…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday morning, three residents near Tiaseer village, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. According to eyewitness reports, soldiers arrested the three residents who were…

The Israeli court at Salem, near the West bank city of Qalqilia, sentenced Nedal Bastakgee, 16, of Qalqilia to two years in jail. The court said the boy is part…

 The Israeli Army arrested three brothers from Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus at dawn on Tuesday. After invaded the camp and conducting extensive searches, the…

The International Red Cross suspended its field work in the Gaza Strip Tuesday after three UN workers – two foreigners and a Palestinian - were abducted in Gaza, the organization’s spokesman,…

An Israeli military source reported that an Israel sergeant was sentenced by a military tribunal to three weeks in detention. The source stated that the sergeant refused to carry “al…

Palestinian Foreign Ministry called the international world and the United Nations to keep recognizing the Gaza Strip as an occupied territory after the Israeli withdrawal. “Gaza will continue to be…

The WAFA news agency reported on Monday at night that one youth was killed, several residents were injured in Nour Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem…